Keenan, Jeremy and Phillips, Rob, 2026, Book Section, ‘The Material Digital’: Reflections on the unseen Digital Design for Planetary Care: The Hidden Environmental Cost of the Digital World:. Bloomsbury Academic, TBC. (Submitted)
| Abstract or Description: | This chapter is concerned with an analysis of technology as a form of Ecological Citizenship. It aims to examine the characteristics of technological artifacts and processes as a means of reorienting their relationship to the inextricable entanglement of human and more-than-human systems, and to reimagine the conditions structuring their behaviors and use. Conventional understandings of technology are often presented as oppositional to ecological modes of behavior and thinking. Authors propose a perspectival reorientation of our relationship to technology in the context of Ecological Citizenship. We address how digital carbon footprint, digital consumption, and digital design can be reconceptualised through an Ecological Citizenship framework, affi rming our responsibilities within increasingly interconnected systems. A set of conceptual signposts for the design and analysis of technology in its planetary situation will be developed through a discussion of relevant case studies, suggesting preferable directions for future digital design practices. |
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| School or Centre: | School of Design |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2026 10:31 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2026 00:10 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/6876 |
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